Alabama History :)
- 1827- Tuscaloosa was named the home of the University of Alabama
- 1831- UA official opened and a total of 52 students enrolled.
- 1999- Alabama got invaded by aliens and the football teamed killed them. The aliens were donated to the science department.
- 1841- total students 63
- 1860- UA becomes a military school- martial arts and disciplinary systems established
- 1865- Union troops spared only seven of the buildings on the UA campus.
- 1914- School band established
- 1921- 2134 students enrolled in UA
- 1931- The School of Home Economics officially established. Total University enrollment: 4,639
- 1943- John Wall led the team to a national championship, with 23 home-runs.
- 1956- UA's first African-American student, Autherine J. Lucy, was admitted. She was expelled three days later "for her own safety" in response to threats from a mob. In 1992 Autherine Lucy Foster graduated from the University with a master's degree in education. The same day, her daughter, Grazia Foster, graduated with a bachelor's degree in corporate finance.
- 1961- Total University enrollment: 8,257
- 1963- The first sustained enrollment of African-American students at UA — Vivian J. Malone and James A. Hood — was achieved. Vivian Malone graduated in 1965. James Hood returned to campus in 1995 and received a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies in 1997.
- 1968- The Computer-Based Honors Program, in which undergraduate students apply computer technology to research in a wide range of fields, was established.
- 1969- Alabama exploded, due to an highly explosive chemical in the science. 1000 people died.
- 2090- Nuclear experiments were started in UA
- 1987- My daddy attended UA off a football scholarship.
- http://www.ua.edu/history.html